It is often said that the quickest route to the poorhouse is to chase your losses backing unraced two year old horses on their debuts. It is a good point well made, but that doesn’t mean you should dismiss inexperienced thoroughbreds entirely. It is well known that the biggest improvement that these youngsters make comes [...]

If we are to take a lesson from a very low key sporting week it is that patience is really has to be one of the key betting virtues. As punters we all want to win every week and see the bank balance ticking upwards. When there’s nothing doing we want to force the pace [...]

We all know that specialisation is the key to winning money betting but how do we know where we should best apply our energies? That’s a question I’ve been giving some thought to not least because of a thought-provoking interview in the current SBC mag which is out today. Ben Aitken is certainly someone with [...]

Why are footballers and jockeys so often unveiled as poor punters? It is a question that presents itself whenever one of their number is revealed as a chronic gambler or indeed, when they are asked to offer their lame opinions, off the cuff, as interviewees. Being immersed in your chosen sport, you’d assume, would give [...]

If ever there was an object lesson of the perils of betting in management markets it comes with the appointment of Andre Villas Boas as Chelsea manager after Guus Hiddink had traded as short as 1/6 for the job, just days before.Boas first shot to prominence in the UK in 2005 when, as opposition scout [...]

As a professional gambler, the summer offers a great time for a change of pace. With breathing space between the big events summer is a time when I can go back to basics and re-evaluate cherished thoughts and ideas that, at other times, get simply treated as a matter of course. It is something we [...]